Horseshoe-calk.



No. 813,777. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. W. A. 00mm & J. CONNOR.

HORSESHOE GALK.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JULY 17. 1905 amuemtow W 4. Co mi :1 S lgJas 8/2 h Cwmor 21' W W Ham um U A 1111.1) STATES PATEN '1 OFFICE.

'ILLIAM A. (JOUIXS AND JOSEPH (,ONNUR. 0F HI'AFFORI) SPRINGS. CONNEU'IICU'I.

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. Column and Josrzru (oxxou citizens of the United States, residing at Stafford S )rings, in the county of Tolhind and State oi (onne('tieut, have invented certain new and useful imruvenients in liorseshoe-talks, of which the ollowing is a specifieation.

()ur invention relates to an improvement in horseshoe-mike; and the object of our in ventiun is to provide a enlk with greater durability than the milks now in use and one whirh can heplaeed on the market at a small initial cost.

Our invention further consists in e-ertain other novel features of eonstruetion and cumbinations of parts, Wllit'h will he hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the aecompanyin drawings, Figure I is a view showing the on his applied to a horseshoe. Fig. 2 IS a view of one of the relics, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section showing thehurdmetal core and soft-metal exterior.

A represents the ordinary horseshoe, and 1 l are holes in the shoe for the rereption of the ealks 2 2. The milks l 2 are preferably made of iron andsteel, the steel heing pltu'wl between two pieces of iron, and when formed into a ealk the steel will he in the center or core of the math and the iron will he on the outside. Of course the iron will wear faster than the steel, but the steel will lways he sharp, anti the milk can he hardened harder Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17,

Patented Feb. 27, 1908. 1905. Serial No. 270,131.

than an alt-steel walk when made in this way. i The ('ttik is prefernhl v nnule in the form of an isoseeies triangle, and it in provided it one ;end with the usual threaded projeetion or F stud 35, whirh is srrewed into the holes 1 l of l the shoe. in the other end of the t'ttlk we have provided a V-shuped slot or noteh'4. l By cutting this noteh4 in the ealk, therehy I ex )osing the row, we are aide to harden the enlk harder thun has heeu possible heretol fore, us it has heen prau-tirnliv impossihle to i get the ventral rore ol' the (Silk hard enough. l it wili he seen from the foregoing that we i have provided a milk whirh wiil he cheap to manuim'turr and one whirh will weur longer than the ordinary ittlk and will not. pull out or give way when it hard strain is brought on it.

Having fully deserihetlour invention, what we elniln as new, and desire to serure by Letlet's lutent, is

A htn'se.-el|oe-t-ull\ having it hnrd-inetul euro and i1 soft-metal exterior, said (Milt living hil'urented suhstnutinll midway of its ends, and the ttll't' being exposed in the hilnrrution.

in testimony whereof we ntlix our signeturns in present-e of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM A. eoiuxs.

his JOSEPH (:oxxon.

Witnesses:

ltonrzn'r il. l isK, J. F. ('nAMnnmJx. 

